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Didrachm of Antioch with bust of Nero

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 50–54
Mint: Syria, Antioch

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 7.08 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number61.372
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Nero, right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Simpulum and lituus.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1961: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XV, no. 34); May 10, 1961: purchased by MFA from Hesperia Art for $ 85-.